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Mission Albany was a parachute combat assault at night by the U.S. 101st Airborne Division on June 6, 1944, part of the American airborne landings in Normandy. It was the opening step of Operation Neptune, the assault portion of the Allied invasion of France, Operation Overlord.

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  • Mission Albany was a parachute combat assault at night by the U.S. 101st Airborne Division on June 6, 1944, part of the American airborne landings in Normandy. It was the opening step of Operation Neptune, the assault portion of the Allied invasion of France, Operation Overlord.
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  • Mission Albany
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  • (campaign)
  • 1,907 missing
  • 2,217 wounded
  • 546 killed
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  • Americanvictory
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  • 2,300 seaborne glider troop reinforcements
  • 6,928 paratroops
  • approx. 6,000 (7 battalions infantry, one regiment artillery)
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